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Windows 7 - Why I’ll take Ubuntu 9.10 over it anyday

I’ve written about this before - a view on why both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 will co-exist. But the matter of fact is, I have a preference. I run Vista as my primary OS, yet I see no reason whatsoever to upgrade to Windows 7.
Much maligned as Vista was, two service packs down the [...]

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Windows 7 - Is it worth it for Vista users to upgrade?

The Windows 7 Release Candidate version has been recently released by Microsoft. The salient features include high performance, and little improvements here and there. [Edit: the final, RTM version has also recently been released to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. My opinions have not changed.]
But what about Vista users? In specific, those that have the [...]

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Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 - why neither will lose

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There are plenty of articles around the internet stating that Windows 7 is going to kill Ubuntu or vice versa. These articles are irrationally designed to be Microsoft vs Linux debates, though that is hardly the case: Ubuntu only represents a fraction of the linux distro world, albeit the major one on desktop computers, and [...]

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